Your compliance department may not catch on, usually they don't have much of a clue. My vote would be to not flow everything through your...
Ask to see the firm P&Ls. A good firm will gladly show you. Ask how many traders are consistently profitable on a daily basis, that will help...
Find a rules-based system you're comfortable with and get to understand it well. Chart it, watch it, analyze it, question it, but most...
Stochastics and RSI are great until they're pegged in the over-bought or over-sold during a rising market or a big sell off. You'll hack trade...
Does ARCA accept mkt orders at all? I worked at the wire desk of a mid-sized brokerage house and I recall ARCA canceled any market order we tried...
Cramer is such a hack. He represents what most of the country thinks of when they picture a trader, a great disservice for all of us who do our...
Don't know if this will help, but close out all of your other Web browsers except the one with the site you want to check out. Go to your MS-Dos...
On a related note, does anybody know why some iShares historical data is no longer available on Yahoo Finance? My only guess is that it's a...
Next Day probably refers to the trade's settlement. The cash on normal trades moves on T + 3 business days. In this trade's case, the cash will...
If we want action we need Greenspan to speak.
Ask your broker for a "worthless" letter. That will basically be the confirmation of your buy to cover at $0.00. Some brokers have an internal...
It just starts to happen after a while. Finally you will begin to trust yourself, that's when the fun starts. You'll just know, you'll no longer...
Institutional equity trader = Beats the VWAP, has employee trading policy, limited earnings potential. Yawn.
Golden Sacks must have serious inventory to unload. I'll take the liberty to call the audible and not go long at this time.
Yes! Say no more! I've been breaking even for a few years, but now I'm starting to "feel" the trades when I scan my charts. I'm starting to get...
Bro, That says it all. You'll find a way to make it work. I'm in the same boat as you. I traded full time prop in '05 with a firm....
Schwab should have a policy on how long orders can be delayed for when they kick out for manual review. Call up and argue your case, ask to talk...
Indicators are only as good as their interpretation. Through years of looking at the same charts time after *bleeping* time my mind is trained...
The Amex is comical. Their systems would alway have trouble opening up options in names that were trading way up or down. Typical scenario:...
Hey Bro, Give Stockfetcher a look (hxxp://www.stockfetcher.com replace xx with tt). You get EOD data during non market hours and 15...
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